Breaking a Crank Arm

Vallromanes-Monserrat Introduction to 29er

I knew how important Monserrat is for the Catalan culture. When I heard this was the destination I was both excited and honoured to be part of this important ride. This journey would be something important, special and new. I have ridden many routes and for distances greater but the difference with this journey was the destination and the mountain bike I would be using.
Marcal had explained how he asked Bicioci to help with a bike for me. I would have a Niner m.c.r.9 (Magic Carpet Ride) steel geared 29er. I have never rode a 29er before this would be my first time. I saw the bike and first impressions were good. We fixed the pedals swapped the brakes around and set up the forks to suit me on the friday night. With the bike ready it was back to vallomanes for a sleep before the journey.

The 29er Revolution begins for me.
We met the others roughly 30 other riders who we would join on this epic journey of MTB and Culture. Vallromanes town square was the meeting point just after 7am. With everyone ready we were off. Starting on roads gave me time to settle into the ride. Getting a feel for the bike pedaling a 29er is like pedaling any other bike at first I didnt feel any difference. When we reached the first off road section it was then I could feel the difference. This was a hardtail and although the route was rough and full of stones the bike rolled across it with ease. The 29er wheels made rolling across the stones very fast. The route we would take was mainly on double track sandy lanes, small single track sections and roads. There was nothing technical about this route. The bike felt really good for this type of ride. Once I got a feel for the handling I got more comfortable as the day went on. The downhill sections felt o.k. but turning was very different. I wouldnt be as confident on this bike on technical downhill single track. They are not built for that anyway and why this bike was perfect for todays ride. The climbs felt good and it didnt mater what rough ground we covered the bike flew across it with ease. When we reached Monistrol de Montserrat I was told it was 10km to the monastary. 10km uphill with no stops. I was feeling good but very warm. The ride up the hill was good and on reaching the monastary I felt a great sense of achievement. The view from here was amazing. A very special ride for me on a special bike.
After a long day in the saddle I got to like this bike more and more. For a XC bike I would consider owning one of these bikes. Would it take the place of my 26 Trek? Not at this time. Maybe in the future when I start to slow down and take it easy. My riding style does not suit the 29er and I think I would break it too soon.

Thanks to Trinxacadenes MTB Vallromanes for the welcome.

Thanks also to Bicioci for the great 29er. This was a perfect bike for this type of ride. I was very impressed with your kindness in offering me the bike.

Thanks to Carol and Marcal for the memorable weekend.

Videos coming soon.......

Vallromanes-Montserrat.

"No diré no lloreis pues no todas las lágrimas son amargas" dit abans, dit avui.

Una sortida amb un recorregut lleig, però amb una companyia agradable. I poder-ho dir entre 30 participants, no és fàcil.

Les esperes, les trencadisses, excepcionals també, entre tants bikers, passen, i cal tenir clar quin serà el ritme i la dinàmica a una jornada d'aquestes característiques.

El què us esmento, aturades i més aturades.

Unes a zones obagues, d'altres amb vistes de somni.

Sempre ben dirigits amb Montserrat al fons.

Una jornada de somriures i més somriures de principi fins al final.

Una jornada de rodar per a poder preparar la fita de principi de Maig.

Els Trinxes, un grup caracteritzat pel seu dinamisme, no en som socis nosaltres del club que tenen, però sempre, ens envien propostes d'activitats per fer, sempre.

El motiu és pel fet de que la Betty és de Vallromanes i ells també. I a un poble amb el caràcter propi de Vallromanes les persones tenen noms i cognom i aquest fet és el que marca la diferència per a mi, entre ser interessants o no existir.

Hem gaudit de conferències, de rutes, de més de les que hem acceptat, moltes més, de moltes i moltes, més encara rialles, i això no té preu, encara recordo avui quan es va obrir la peixateria i l'enrenou que va portar a un dinar a Blanes sobre el preu del seitó, aquell dia ens va apropar encara més com sempre un somriure, bé centenars de somriures.

Posem remei aquesta setmana a proposar una fórmula per a contribuir al club dels trinxes mantenint la nostra independència sempre.

Una norma del meu germà de fa uns 25 anys, que sempre hem respectat entre quatre bikers, oi Miki? no Teams, no Clubs, no Colors.

MTB, MTB, MTB.

Sempre 26".

Amb bikes com aquesta el 26" té garantida la seva existència.

El fons de la imatge, el to d'aquest, la bike, el color d'aquesta, mtb, mtb, mtb.

El seient un pel baix de la punta que fa que el biker caigui endavant, sobrecàrrega dels braços,  i per aquest motiu angula la potència, podria pujar un xic la punta del WTB, i segurament la potència podria baixar una mica.

Si centra el seient respecta a la tija també ajudaria a portar una potència una mica més curta, fet que ajudaria a un millor control a les baixades. I amb el pas anterior d'una potència amb menys angulació positiva, pujant compensaria que la potència sigui més curta.

MTB, MTB, MTB.

Wolfhound.

"A friend brought up a good point. Having a custom one-off bike built to one's specs is a lot like having a mule or prototype built. If you were planning to do destructive riding on a bike like this, it is kind of silly. There are plenty of mass produced bikes that suit that application just fine. The same would go for the weight on a bike like this. If I wanted something lighter, I'd get a sub 3lb. carbon frame.

I didn't want that, or I would have gotten one. I wanted a really cool looking mountain cruiser that would be a blast to ride, a one of a kind collaboration between myself, and the craftmen that created it. Fred built it, Keith painted it, and I searched for the parts I wanted to hang on it. And that is exactly what I got."

Podem coincidir rodant amb ell, simplement. No és important si coincidim amb el concepte de bike, sí que respectem com veiem cada un de nosaltres la nostra bike.

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=594392 

Foes FXR.

Foes, esperit de MTB.

Veus l'I9 i penses, "que serà?", i seguidament és.

http://classifieds.mtbr.com/showproduct.php?product=62693&cat=

MTB, MTB, MTB.

Technique.

Cal mirar amb detall dues imatges, la d'ella baixant entre un tram vuit, i la d'ell pujant una paret, però una paret d'un metre i mig de salt de pujada, si no més. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/91694861@N00/5525948465/in/photostream/

MTB, MTB, MTB.

Strong Frames.

Una marca, Strong Frames i un color que té història entre els genets de Drac.

http://classifieds.mtbr.com/showproduct.php?product=62704&cat=

MTB, MTB, MTB.

Dues cròniques, dues histories de persones.

La primera la de la visita a BiciOci, aquesta la tinc a punt a esborranys, però em manca la part gràfica, les imatges de la visita fetes per en Colorado, un cop ell les seleccioni les complementarem amb la meva part i tindrem una crònica de la realitat que hem viscut a BiciOci.

Crec que puc afirmar que serà una petita sorpresa la que us exposaré.

La segona la crònica de l'aventura d'ahir. Aquesta estava disposat a fer-la tot seguit, però avui m'adono que la crònica va més enllà de la pròpia sortida, he de parlar del perquè de la relació amb els Trinxes, que penso que és un transfons important a detallar, pel seu romanticisme, per la qualitat del fer de les persones, que a aquest espai és el que m'agrada exposar.

Dues cròniques lligades per un mateix pilar,  el de passar una bona jornada entre bikes.

MTB, MTB, MTB.

La primera, la de la visita al BiciOci, jo diria que a aquest espai si més no, serà com posar la primera pedra del que és un mica el naixament d'un mite, com sona, cal ser objectius, crec que "a Cèsar el que és de Cèsar", que en aquesta ocasió pel que fa referència a BiciOci,  té tot el seu sentit.

A les propers hores construiré la crònica de la Montserratina i un cop en Colorado tingui a punt les imatges del BiciOci finalitzaré la crònica de la visita a aquest establiment ubicat a Salt.

SENSACIONAL.

 http://classifieds.mtbr.com/showproduct.php?product=62729&cat=

Ho té tot menys l'especificitat de ser SS.

MTB, MTB, MTB.

Phil Wood Hub.

Quina preciositat.

MTB, MTB, MTB.

Friends.

Una joia dificil de poder veure, entre senders, mtb, mtb, mtb.

http://forums.mtbr.com/showpost.php?p=6893770&postcount=3

Rapha: Paris-Roubaix.

https://www.rapha.cc/roubaix-recce-into-the-fight/?cm_mmc=email-_-010411-_-textlink1-_-roubaix

Engin-Ventana.

Una marca que avui és cim del desig del mtb més elitiste, Engin, i una marca que és exemple de com té que ser una marca per fer història, Ventana.

 http://classifieds.mtbr.com/showproduct.php?product=62709&cat=

MTB, MTB, MTB.

Special Edition.

http://www.cyclefit.co.uk/lake-cx401-special-edition

Vallromanes-Montserrat.

Demà aventura des de primera hora del matí.

Avui, aquesta tarda amb en Michael, hem ajustat la Niner que ens ha proporcionat el BiciOci.

SAG, alçada tija, muntar els pedals del Michael, invertir les manetes de fre, equipar la bike amb un segon porta bidó, dos bidos de 750 ml. i posar la bossa sota seient amb la càmara específica de 29".

Aventures d'un petit grup Cat-Eire.

MTB, MTB, MTB.

Fent camí.

 http://www.jonesbikes.com/news/News1.html

MTB, MTB, MTB.

El Sot de L' Infern asalta Burriac

El sábado pasado el Sot de L' Infern con sus dos jinetes atacaron el Castell de Burriac, no íbamos solos, nos acompañaban Esteve y Jhonny con sus respectivas monturas.

Salimos desde casa (Premia) dirección Cabrils nos costaba coger ritmo, una vez en Cabrils después de una pequeña parada para desabrigarnos empezaron las primeras subidas en las que en algún tramo tuvimos que poner pie en suelo dado que tenía muchas zanjas debido a las últimas lluvias, una vez arriba rejuntamos nuestro pequeño grupo y comenzamos a bajar por una revirada y a la vez corta pista para volver a enlazar con una pista mas ancha para comenzar unas rampas muy pronunciadas que van a parar a los pies del castillo, que manera de sufrir, unos más que otros entre ellos el que más yo, me empeñe en no poner pie en suelo pero no lo conseguí tuve que hacerlo un par de veces, se me hacía imposible mantener el tándem recto entre las grietas de la lluvia y la piedra suelta. La última rampa andando, esa ni me la plantee hacerla subida en el porta aviones, imposible, otra vez será.

Ya dentro del castillo las fotos de rigor.



Decidimos bajar hacía Argentona , una bajada muy, muy guapa que finaliza en la Font Picant , y ya de vuelta a casa llaneando, pasando por Mataro . Una salida agradable con una temperatura ideal para montar en bike.


Ahora ya esperando la del próximo sábado, haremos Premia, Santuari del Corredor, Premia ya pondré crónica de como nos va, lastima que coincide con la Montserratina, de no ser así me apuntaría.

WOW

They are pushing the boundry of what you can do on a bike to the limit. Amazing!

Can you Freeride a 29er (Video)

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/video-can-you-freeride-a-29er-29712

29er mountain bikes: alright for cross-country racing, but the big wheels can't cut it when it comes to more gnarly or technical riding. That seems to be the prevailing opinion among those who haven't yet made the switch from 26in wheels.

But is it true?

Check out the video

Twenty Nine Inches from Brian Park on Vimeo.

Vitus Optimum III

Top of the range. Pick of the litter. Leader of the pack. La crème de la crème. You can call it what you want. We've called it the Optimum III

With our flagship cross-country race machine we've chosen only the very best components available today to grace a frame that carries on the Vitus heritage of innovation in design. The Optimum III is an elite-level bike for elite-level cross-country racers, built with one purpose in mind – to get you on top of the winner's podium. At the heart of a stunning bike is a custom-moulded high-modulus carbon fibre frame with 3K weave finish, with race-bred geometry engineered for the maximum blend of comfort, stiffness and responsiveness. To match this frame we've assembled a selection of components that reads like a pro racer's wish list, drawn largely from the latest-generation SRAM XX family which represents nothing short of a revolution in drivetrain technology and integration of elements. Suspension duties are taken care of by the imperious Rockshox SID XX World Cup Dual Air fork – 100mm of smooth, controlled travel in a superlight and laterally stiff package, boasting features such as a hollow carbon crown, integrated carbon steerer and the brand new Xloc remote hydraulic lockout with titanium hardware. A full complement of SRAM XX also makes up the drivetrain. The Optimum III is among the first production bikes to use SRAM's groundbreaking 20-speed '2X10' platform for lighter weight, better spread of gears and more positive shifting than the traditional 3x9 format. Of course with the XX group you also get a host of extra features that slash weight and boost performance – carbon fibre Truvativ XX GXP cranks; 39x26t double chainset with SRAM's new Xglide shifting technology; matchmaker-compatible carbon fibre shifters and the forged aluminium/magnesium XX rear mech with smooth-running ceramic bearing jockey wheels. Avid XX hydraulic disc brakes feature forged magnesium caliper bodies and master cylinders, carbon fibre brake levers and stainless steel slotted rotors mounted on lightweight aluminium spiders. The package is completed with Truvative Stylo World Cup components, a lightweight Laser Disc wheelset, WTB Wolverine race tyres and WTB Silverado saddle. The Optimum III brings together the finest in carbon fibre frame technology and the very latest generation of integrated SRAM XX componentry. It's a bike that yearns to be first past the finish line. Do you? Features: • Frame: HM Carbon • Forks: Rockshox SID XX World Cup Dual Air fork – 100mm

• Handlebars: Truvativ Noir Race Carbon • Stem: Truvativ STYLO WC • Grips: WTB 4 Front Clamp-on • Headset: Sealed Cartridge Bearings • Chainset: Sram/Truvativ XX 10 speed • Chain: SRAM PC1090 • Cassette: SRAM PG1099 12-36t • Shifters: SRAM XX • Rear Derailleur: SRAM XX • Front Derailleur: SRAM XX • Brakes: SRAM XX • Saddle: WTB Silverado Comp • Seatpost: Truvativ STYLO Team • Tyres: WTB Wolverine Race 26x2.1 • Wheels: WTB Laser Disc cross country rims with WTB Laser Disc Lite Hubs

• Weight: 20lb 14oz

Fast rider.

He vist aquest article que crec que com tot cal ser sempre prudent i en cap cas aplicar sense la supervisió d'un dietista.

Però dit això, per a mi, i sempre supeditat al criteri que ens pugui aportar l'Alba, exposa una serie de conceptes que permeten posar les bases d'alimentació per gaudir en les millor condicions a sobre de la bike.

"Fitness: Step up to your riding weight

By Neil Pedoe, Cycling Plus

Step up to your riding weight

Step up to your riding weight (Paul Smith - www.smithpic.co.uk)

Achieving your optimal cycling weight will make you faster, and fitter. But what is it, asks Neil Pedoe, and how do you reach it?

“Excess body weight is the cyclist’s enemy,” says Matt Fitzgerald, author of Racing Weight: How to get lean for peak performance (VeloPress). “It wastes energy, slows you down, affects performance and stresses joints.”

You can’t change your basic physiology such as height, limb length and even potential for leanness, but, says Fitzgerald, “You can reduce your weight to a level that is optimal for performance given those genetic constraints.” You want to up your power-to-weight ratio by improving body composition through training and diet.

Fitzgerald warns against using body mass index (BMI), as touted by many doctors to gauge optimum body weight. “BMI charts are designed to identify unhealthy weights for the general population, based on a statistical susceptibility to disease,” he says. “This is far too vague to identify ideal athletic weight,” says Fitzgerald.

Instead, he says, lowering body fat percentage is the key, as it will increase your aerobic capacity because muscle has less competition from fat tissue for oxygen and fuel. (You can use widely available body fat scales).

1 Diet quality

“If you only focus on one of the five steps to reaching your optimal weight, eating quality foods is the one,” says Fitzgerald. The right foods will have the highest nutrient value, but will often also have the lowest calorie density too.

Fitzgerald splits high quality foods into six categories: fruit; vegetables; lean proteins such as fish, meats that are 10 percent fat or less, nuts and seeds; whole grains; low fat dairy; and essential fats such as omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids, the best source of which is fatty fish.

Low quality foods are grouped into five categories you should avoid: refined grains; sweets – including soft drinks, pastries and desserts that contain large amounts of refined sugar; all deep-fried foods; whole milk dairy produce; and fatty proteins such as any meat with more than 10 percent fat.

2 Balancing energy sources

Rather than strict proportional macronutrient diets, such as 60 percent carbohydrate, 20 percent fat and 20 percent protein, Fitzgerald advises a more measured approach. “It’s not carbohydrate as a percentage of total calories you should worry about. Instead, match your carbohydrate intake to your training load while ensuring you still get adequate amounts of fat and protein and that the overall quality of the calorie sources is high.”

3 Timing nutrition

When you eat has a big impact on body composition, as it affects energy partitioning – how the calories are stored. “The key is to shift the balance of energy partitioning away from fat storage and toward muscle storage and immediate use,” says Fitzgerald.

Eat early, eat often and before, during and after exercise. Eating early makes you less likely to over-eat in the afternoon and means you’re more likely to eat higher quality calories. “Try to eat 25 per cent of your total daily calories within an hour of waking up,” suggests Fitzgerald.

Eating often can boost metabolism and thus burn more calories. It also reduces appetite, helping to avoid over-eating at meal times. The ideal time to eat before a ride is two to four hours ahead, and you should include 100g of carbohydrate.

“Fuelling a ride will enhance your performance and help you burn more fat,” says Fitzgerald. “It will also increase the number of food calories you burn and decrease the number you store.” Fuelling with carbohydrate-based energy drinks and gels during a ride will help you get leaner for the same reasons.

Eating soon after exercise also promotes leanness because it shifts energy partitioning towards muscle protein and glycogen synthesis and away from body-fat storage.

4 Managing appetite

Mindful eating is essential to cut out poor eating habits, such as emotional eating – because you’re sad, happy or even bored; spontaneous eating – just because the food is there; unconscious eating – automatically finishing that packet of biscuits while watching TV; habitual eating – because it’s a mealtime and not because you’re hungry; and clearing your plate – portion sizes vary, so why shouldn’t you leave some food if you are full?

Eat high-satiety foods that are filling and low calorie. “These include fibre, certain proteins, long-chain fatty acids and calcium,” says Fitzgerald. Eat small portions of them as appetisers before meals to help manage your appetite. Soups, nuts and low fat yoghurt are good examples.

Counting calories helps you become more aware of your diet and establish good habits. Online tools such as www.trainingpeaks.com and weightloss websites are useful. “They don’t have to be 100 percent accurate,” says Fitzgerald, “just counting will increase dietary awareness and you will automatically eat better.”

5 Training right

There are two schools of thought about the best way to exercise yourself lean: high intensity interval training or prolonged moderate intensity exercise in the ‘fat-burning zone’.

“Both are effective for fat-burning,” says Fitzgerald, “but the primary goal of most endurance athletes is to achieve maximum race performance, and getting lean is just one means to that end – so focusing on building exercise fitness is more reliable.”

The fat-burning zone is typically between 59 and 64 percent of VO2 max in trained cyclists, and between 47 and 52 percent of VO2 max in unfit individuals. For both this level equates to a comfortable but not ‘dawdling’ conversational pace. “But,” says Fitzgerald, “almost all cyclists could benefit from doing more moderate intensity miles as well as high intensity intervals.”

6 Weighs and measures

“What gets measured gets managed,” says Fitzgerald – citing research by the Minneapolis Heart Research Institute which found that subjects lost an extra pound for every 11 days they weighed themselves during a weight-loss-through-dieting experiment.

To this end, Fitzgerald suggests keeping a diary of body weight, body-fat percentage, a food journal, and a calculation of calories burned per day. To calculate daily calories burned, add Base Metabolic Rate (BMR) calories to calories burned in non sport activities, plus workouts or rides.

BMR is how many calories you burn at rest and can be estimated using your height, weight, age and, for best accuracy, your body-fat percentage. There are many online resources for calculating BMR, but try www.calculator.org which uses the popular Harris-Benedict formula.

For an estimation of total calories burned, Fitzgerald suggests www.my-calorie-counter.com which calculates, for example, that an eight-hours-a-day desk job for a 68kg male will burn 984 calories a day.

“One weigh-in per week is adequate,” says Fitzgerald, “but the minimum should be once every four weeks.” On the same day, ride a set time-trial course or long hill climb and record your time along with your weight and body-fat percentage measurement. “These are your official weigh-in days,” says Fitzgerald."

http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/article/fitness-step-up-to-your-riding-weight-28026

Crown Jewels: Strong Frames.

Diria que avui com a constructor Strong Frames "no puc afirmar que sigui el millor sí que puc exposar què penso que no n'hi ha cap de millor".

 MTB, MTB, MTB.

No és cònica, però és Strong.

http://classifieds.mtbr.com/showproduct.php?product=62503&cat=

"Edge Composites now ENVE Composites"

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/edge-composites-now-enve-composites-27499/

Que segur que has d'estar de la teva feina, que decideixis respectar una situació i decidir un pas tan important com aquest.

MTB, MTB, MTB.

The start line often comes at the end of a rigorous week of trail riding. Most of us understand that racing is, even at the highest level of sport, only a small percentage of the time spent in the saddle. Many have two wheel sets -- one training set used for day-in-day out riding, and reserved solely for racing.  Those days are over.

ENVE XC is the lightest in our mountain line with the mindset of what goes down, must first go up.  Stiff, light, and durable this rim’s pedigree is racing. If the mention of 100K makes you think of riding and not how much money you want to make, then this rim is for you.

Twenty9 XC

	29" XC			29" Tubular
DEPTH	32mm			32mm
WIDTH	24mm			24mm
WEIGHT: RIM	385g			280g
WEIGHT: KING ISO*	1534g			1324g
WEIGHT: DT 190*	1337g			1137g
WEIGHT: DT 240*	1424g			1214g
HOLE COUNT	28			28
ERD**	595			595
FINISH	UNI			UNI

* Weights calculated using 28/28 hole count and Sapim CX Ray spokes.**ERD includes additional length for Pillar internal nipples (16mm)-All King hubs are subject to availability. Any hub other than 15mm thru axle or QR are special orders!
Maximum tire pressure: 60 psi

These rims/wheels are currently NOT available.

 Una opció temptadora oi?, tot no pot ser.

MTB, mtb, MTB.

Aquestes frases si aneu a History són definitives:

"We got our start making tubing and molded parts for the best frame builders  - Parlee, Independent Fabrications, Calfee, Vanilla, Crumpton and Rugamer - custom artisans who refuse to adopt the big box mentality. There's no fluff. No flash. Just quality engineered components that are guaranteed to be the best you've ever ridden - a statement we take incredibly seriously. You only have to look at who we partner with to develop our distribution to understand just how committed we are to checking every box that the entire team is worthy of representing. It's all about walking it - and we've put plenty of miles in; as have our athletes."

"Simply put, we're a bunch of composite tech heads and we're not afraid of introducing and investing in new design concepts, processes and technologies that enable us to offer the absolute best products on the market today (not to mention the things we're working on for tomorrow)." 

DT Swiss 240s 100mm front non disc hub.

Detall:

"Wheels:

9:Zero:7 Flat Top 100mm, custom drilled rims with gold glitter

Hadley DH 160mm rear disc hub

DT Swiss 240s 100mm front non disc hub

DT Swiss Revolution spokes

DT Swiss Pro Lock alloy nipples

Surly Larry 3.8" tires front and rear" 

http://classifieds.mtbr.com/showproduct.php?product=62608&cat=

Ja puc anar a dormir.

MTB, MTB, MTB.

Black Sheep.

Una proposta genuïna, diferent.

 http://classifieds.mtbr.com/showproduct.php?product=62608&cat=

Quines propostes més personals.

MTB, MTB, MTB.

Stans vs EDGE.

Interessant, molt interessant.

"stans vs edge. there are *no* comparisons in some ways. edge are way stiffer, way lighter, wider and deeper and *way* more expensive. light:strong:cheap? ... flows were fine, but edge are in a different league.

id been riding the edge am rims on my jones for a while and once you get used to the stiffness (as long as you are not looking for softer wheels), its hard to give up. definitely on a hard charging bike with some shock absorption, you cant beat em imho"

http://forums.mtbr.com/showpost.php?p=7902433&postcount=4

Prudent però clar i definitiu:

"flows were fine, but edge are in a different league"

De les millors definicions que he llegit darrerament, no pel que diu literalment si no per l'expressió.

MTB, MTB, MTB.

Colorado: "X". Moots Part II.

 http://forums.mtbr.com/showpost.php?p=6754076&postcount=69

Colorado mira la part de la geometria del quadre. El detall de com específica l'allargada de la tija vista, i de com estan alerta amb el tema de que la forquilla no toqui amb el tub en el cas d'una caiguda.

Haurà de ser una forquilla WB la definitiva?

 http://forums.mtbr.com/showpost.php?p=6682709&postcount=13

Segur que té una raó de ser, però a la Vertigo, no entenc perquè no fa una pipa un xic més llarga i així evitar de posar el postís plata, que rar.

Si ho té present quin sentit té aquest acabat final?

Això sí, sigui quin sigui el resultat final, artesanal aquesta proposta també ho és.

MTB, MTB, MTB.

Circuit Olimpic Londres 2012...Circuit Cartró-Pedra

Link

Millora de la frenada a la 29".

Dijous tornem a BiciOci.

El primer pas per part meva per mirar de posar remei a la manca de frenada de la SS, va ser substituir el disc davanter del 160 original pel de 180 m., i la Vicious no frena.

Demà anirem, dic anirem perquè d'entrada hi aniré amb un segon biker, en el meu cas per millorar el rendiment del fre davanter dels Magura Marta amb la incorporació del  "latiguillo" Goodridge, pastilles que poden ser també una ajuda a aconseguir aquesta millora de la frenada, en le cas del meu company per millorar el conjunt de la frenada de la seva Mooto-X.

Aquest cop tindré acompanyant,  i de luxe, perquè m'ha proposat una millora de la seva Mooto-X, que caldrà que BiciOci gestioni la part principal d'aquesta.

Ja que hi som portaré la cadena de 7-8v, amb la que vaig no puc pas sortir a rodar.

Crec que mirar de millorar la frenada dels Marta ara amb 180-160 mm.

Els Hope són preciosos no funcionals, manca de potència, i els R1 per la Vicious, no, per uns acabats perseguint únicament la funcionalitat pes-prestació, segurament jo encara estic afectat per la generació del Formula del 2002/03, els B4 i B4 SL, un producte francament difícil de catalogar, els XTR 2011 per a mi amb un aspecte molt PRO, vull dir que per una bike com la meva, cromo, 100% rígida avui no els veig, demà no ho sé, vull dir que ha primat rendiment i han deixat de banda la sobrietat de la versió del 2007.

Demà veurem a on som.

Millor dit, demà no, demà haurem actuat sobre el problema, i veurem a on som un cop estiguem fent, si tot camina com ha de caminar, la Vallromanes-Montserrat,  amb un  convidat d'excepció.

Però aquesta és una història que requerirà d'una precrònica  a les properes hores, i d'una crònica de l'aventura als propers dies.

Ara però ja puc d'entrada avançar el meu agraïment a BiciOci per cedir-nos l'eina,  la 29",  perquè el nostre convidat del nord pugui participar a aquesta aventura que serà sortir d'un bastió de la Catalunya prelitoral, com és Vallromanes, i anar a "el bastió" de Catalunya, com és l'Abadia de  Montserrat.

 MTB, MTB, MTB.